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Wayne State University Law School Professor Peter Henning discusses the battle between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his tweets.  The SEC claims Musk violated an October settlement with a February post on Twitter and wanted him found in contempt of court. The judge in the case kicked the conflict back to the two parties to work out their differences. He speaks...

Leon Fresco, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Immigration Litigation at the Department of Justice discusses President Trump’s renewed threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rajat Gupta, a former chief executive of McKinsey and a Goldman Sachs board member, says that he was wrongfully convicted of insider trading and that his two years in prison were a miscarriage of justice. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso about his experiences and his book, "Rajat Gupta: Mind Without Fear." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses the Supreme Court’s conservative justices expressing doubts about a precedent that business groups and the Trump administration say gives federal agencies too much power to change regulations. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cornell University Law School Professor Robert Hockett discusses Bayer’s Bayer decision to keep defending its weedkiller Roundup after losing a second trial over claims it causes cancer. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Timothy Jost speaks about the Trump administration’s decision to file a brief saying the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Democrats warn the repeal of Obamacare in its entirely would risk making more than 20 million people uninsured. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, discusses today’s Supreme Court arguments over partisan gerrymandering and conservative justices questioning whether judges should be able to toss out politically gerrymandered voting districts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former FBI Assistant Director Greg Brower discusses the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report that found no evidence that the president or his campaign colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 election. He speaks with Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Sanders, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, discusses why a federal judge said there is still an impediment to President Trump’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military and the ongoing litigation over the issue. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

University of Michigan Law School Professor Erik Gordon discusses the verdict against Bayer by a second jury over claims that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer. The trial now moves to a second phase to determine the company’s liability and damages. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal public defender, James Cohen, a professor at Fordham Law School, discusses whether any of the wealthy parents charged in the U.S. college admissions scandal will have to serve time in jail. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News legal reporter Andrew Harris discusses the contentious appelate court hearing over the lawsuit by Democratic attorneys general that claim President Trump is violating the emoluments clause of the constitution when he profits from foreign and domestic government visitors at his luxury hotel in Washington DC. He speaks to Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Harold Krent, Dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses court packing, or expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Democrats say the court is becoming politicized and they are increasingly looking to court packing as a solution. He speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses how the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, bolstered the government’s power to detain immigrants who are facing deportation because of crimes they committed, siding with the Trump administration in a clash with implications for so-called sanctuary cities. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Bloomberg News technology reporter, Gerrit de Vynck, discusses how Facebook’s legal troubles are multiplying from subpoenas in a federal criminal investigation to calls for the breakup of the tech giant. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, discusses how the Third Circuit Court of Appeals because the first federal appeals court to "flip" control under President Trump to a majority of Republican appointees, a big step in the drive by the president and his Senate allies to remake the judiciary with conservatives. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso See omnystudio.co...

Richard Briffault, Professor at Columbia Law School discusses congressional testimony from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross about his decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Democrats in Congress criticized the move as political effort aimed at discouraging the participation of immigrants and non-citizens. He spoke with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Former federal prosecutor, Jeffrey Cramer, managing director at the Berkeley Research Group, discusses how President Trump’s legal troubles are hitting close to home in New York where law enforcement is ratcheting up civil and criminal investigations that are beyond the president’s federal control. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former federal prosecutor George Newhouse, of Theodora Oringher PC, discusses the sweeping criminal conspiracy in which wealthy parents -- including celebrities, a top mergers attorney and a venture-capital CEO -- are alleged to have paid bribes to get their kids into elite colleges and the wiretapped evidence. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Brad Moss, Partner at Mark Zaid discusses Paul Manafort's 7 1/2 year federal prison sentence and new charges brought by New York state prosecutors raising the prospect of a third criminal conviction for Trump’s one-time campaign manager. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cornell University Law School Professor Robert Hockett discusses how federal regulators’ efforts to revamp post-crisis constraints on big banks are running into problems, due to missteps by the regulators. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Mintz, former federal prosecutor and Partner at McCarter & English discusses efforts by Roger Stone's lawyers to convince a judge they didn’t mean to mislead her when they failed to tell her about a new introduction to a book Stone wrote. The judge, Amy Berman Jackson previously issued a gag order in his criminal case. He speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Steven Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas School of Law, discusses the testimony of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito before the House Appropriations subcommittee, a rare unscripted dialogue about everything from the hiring of minority law clerks to televising the court’s oral arguments. He talks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Jennifer Rie, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst for Anti-trust Litigation discusses Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up giant tech companies and the FCC pause of its review of T-Mobile's proposed purchase of Sprint Corp. She speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, Greg Stohr, discusses Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s return to the bench at "full steam," and Chief Justice John Roberts showing a new willingness to side with the Supreme Court’s liberal wing, putting any conservative legal revolution on hold. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.